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Young Rebels, TheFirst Aired in 1970 In an era of police dramas, westerns, and sitcoms, The Young Rebels appeared in the fall of 1970 with a different agenda: to appeal to young viewers by applying the rebellious ideals of the 1960's with the young revolutionaries during America's war for independence. Set in 1777, the series revolved around a fictional undercover patriot group called the Yankee Doodle Society based out of Chester, Pennsylvania. The ringleader of the group was Jeremy Larkin, the younger son of Chester's mayor. His associates were Henry Abington, the son of the local pharmaceutical and who bore a bit of a resemblance to Benjamin Franklin, and the town's blacksmith Isak Poole, a former slave who had bought his own freedom. Jeremy's girlfriend, Elizabeth Coates, sometimes accompanied the Society on its escapades. They reported directly to the 20 year old General Lafayette, who occasionally joined their operations. Covering their activism by pretending indifference to the war effort, they were very effective at spying for the American forces and harassing the British behind enemy lines. Each episode was loosely based on a historical event. In addition to an interesting premise, this series had a fine cast and very nice musical scoring, which included, of course, "Yankee Doodle". Unfortunately, ABC scheduled this series in an impossible time slot on Sunday nights opposite Lassie and Hogan's Heroes on CBS, and Wild Kingdom and Disney on NBC, so it was never given an opportunity to acquire an audience. Production was halted after only 15 episodes. Note: When this series aired, Louis Gossett, Jr. was then credited as Lou Gossett. Richard Ely was then credited as Rick Ely. For continuity within the TVtome site, I am using the names they currently use. Check out the Young Rebels webpage, currently under construction. http://www.geocities.com/theyoungrebels Join the Young Rebels Yahoo group to meet other "Doodlers": http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/theyoungrebels/ Help get The Young Rebels Released on DVD! Go to: www.tvshowsondvd.com and vote for the Young Rebels! If you see any mistakes on this page or if you have more infomation about this show, please submit a comment |
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